Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14
Der shows reduction of $9, 1853 ,202 Of the
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NORTHWESTERN NEWS,


appointments: Railroad Commissioners
Ex-Gov. Horace Austin, Fergus Falls
John l.. Gibbs, Geneva; Gen. George L
Becker, St. Paul.
superintendent of Public Instruction-D
l.; Kiehle, Minneapolis
Paul.
Warden of the State Prison--H. 6. Stor
dock Rothsay
Public Examiner-H. M. Knox, st. Paul
:Adjutant sGeneral-Capt. W. f. Seelev
Lake City.
Military storekeeper--C Charles f. Chapel
Dairy Observation-Disclosures j. Ives
Hutchinson.
Insurance Commissioner Charles Shan
drew, st. Paul.
The Senatorial Caucus of the Repub.
lican members of the Minnesota legislation
held Thursday evening Jan. 8, resulted In
SO votes being cast for Hon. C. K. Davis for
vote for Hon. Gordon E. Cole. After the
caucus had been called to order a letter was
read from Senator Mcmillan withdra wing
his name from consideration by the caucus.
The Senatorial election takes place January
18th. Hon. M. Doran will be supported for
Senator by the ~ Democratic members of
the legislature.
James E. Spencer of Whitehall, N.
Y, has been appointed associated justice of
the Supreme Court Of Dakota He is a prom
linen tlawyer Of Northern New York and
forty years of age, Democrat in politics
but has never before held public Office. In
addition to President Cleveland's personal
acquaintance with Mr.: Spencer, he was re-
commended by w. E. Smith, late of the
Treasury department now connected with
the law department of the ST. Paul, NJ. &
M. r. r..
In the case Of w. j. Martin tried at
St. Paul for the murder of ". s. Moore at
the Union Stock Yards, the jury acquitted
the accused. Since Martin has been in jail
awaiting trial, his wife, who came to ST.
Paul to be near her husband, has died, leav-
ing an infant daughter Martin returns to
Iowa taking with him the remains of his
wife and his young child.
The Republicans of the 9th Wiscon
sin Congressional district held their ne1ni-
mating convention at Eau Claire Jan 9th.
Mr.. Hugh j. Price, son of the late Hon. W.
prlce was nominated for the short term bv
acclamatlon. For the long term Hon. Nils
T. Haugen Of River Falls was nominated on
the third ballot, which resulted as follow q:
Hangen At, Tholp rs, Flint 5, Comstock l.,
Griffin /. -
Rev. DR.. j. H. Carroll, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Saltwater,
Mimi, fell dead on the morning Of
the Sth, from paralysis of the heart He
was born at brooklyn, n. Y. May 81, 1888
Since 1899 he has been pastor of the Still
water church, and his death was great
shock to that community
January 9TH, the following Dakota
postmasters were nominated to the Sen
ate; Manley X. Morgan, Hillsboro; Daniel
D. Murray Maysville; Frederick B. Smith,
Columbia; Joseph Ha-er, Mandan; Noah
N: Davis, Ashton; Freeman H. Perry, Yer
million; George H. James, Plankinton
Fosters saw mill at Fairchild, Wis.
took fire on the Sth from the oil room and
burned. Loss $4,000, insurance $4,000.
The mill employed hundred hands At
Porterville, Wis, on the Sth, the Northwest
ern Lumber Colnpany's shop burned. Loss
tEThe foundry of Allis g. Co.'S Reliance
works at milwaukee, took fire on the 9th,
from the coke ovens, and burned with loss
OF S2SO,OOo, with partial insurance $50
moulders and helpers We're thrown out of
employment.
In the United States district court at
st. Paul Miss Lily Mitchell was given q YER
dict Of $1,000 in her suit for libel against the
Pioneer Press newspaper Of St Paul
Joseph Jezenski was frozen to death
at Winona On the 9TH He left his home
without hat or shoes and scantilv attired
and wandered around until SO benumbed
that he could not be restored. The door
man was demented.
{ On the 9th the thermometer was IS
degrees below zero at Wilmar, 80 below at
below at Bird Island. 20 below at Red
Lake Fails, all III Minnesota, and at Pemhina
~ below
The Democrats of the Sth Wis
consin congressional district nominated
James Balden of Superior for the short
term and DR.. Sa nuel c. johnson of Hudson
for the long term.
The laundry of the Shattuck school
at Faribault, MINI, burned at 2 a. M,
On the 9TH, and several working girls lost
their wardrobes, and one $50 in money.
A boiler at the Armstrong mine, at
]AA6uS3 AWAY CAplOASN AcC. H@otll> huAlnk
three men and injuring two others. The
cause OF the accident is not stated.
Z A switch rod broken by frost de-
rallied a c.. B. & 9. r H., passenger train at
Alton, Iowa, and Is persons we're injured,
four quite seriously.
Henry j. Wilkinson has been nom
mated to the Senate for postmaster at
Granite Falls, MINI.
Wadena, Mimi, had So, 900 fire
on the 9TH, it's first experience of q serious
conhagration,
The Winona Herald has been de-
clared the official paper of Winona county,
Mimi.
The Northern Pacific r. r. shops at
Fargo D. T., burned On the It'll. Loss SIS,
COO.
+ AT Hudson, Wis. the thermometer
registered Al below zero on the 1th,